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Public Speaking
THE POWER OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

BY
WAN HIZAM BIN WAN HASSAN

 Speaking

in Public

An English proverb says “talk is cheap!”
But nowadays a good talk “can be very expensive” indeed.

 There

are people who travels between cities town to town, delivering speeches as a form of entertainment or information to paying audiences. Example:

Oprah Winfrey – The Oprah Show
David Letterman – Late Night with
Letterman (50K per speech)

Do you know who „them‟?

A

few are “naturals” who seem born with a talent  Some had benefits by public speaking courses in college
 Some by expensive way, by seeking private instruction in speechmarking, which cost more than 50K for six hours of individual work  No, talk is not cheap!

 During

modern times today, men and women around the globe have spreads their ideas and influence through public speaking

 In







U.S. the list would include:

Franklin Roosevelt
Ronald Reagen
Martin Luther King
Jesse Jackson

 In




other countries:

Margaret Thatcher
Nelson Mandela
Aung San Suu Kyi

 Adolf

Hitler – Nazi
 Sukarno – President of Republic of Indonesia
 Julius Caeser – Roman Empire
 Martin Luther King – U.S. Black People
 Napolean Bonaparte – Leaders of French
 Mohandas K.Gandhi – India
 Malcolm X- American Islamic Movement
 Aristotle – Roman/Greek

 “Friendship

is a single soul dwelling in two bodies” - Aristotle

 “Imagination

rules the world” - Napolean

Bonaparte
 “He

alone, who owns the youth, gains the future” – Adolf Hitler

 “Death

solves all problems – no man, no problem” – Joseph Stalin

 “If

you love life, don‟t waste time, for time is what life is made up of” - Bruce Lee

 “The

man who has no imagination has no wings” – Muhammad Ali

 “There

is no vaccine against stupidity” –
Albert Einstein

 “Lots

of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want

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